شيعة‎ Shi´a Islam

Shia Islam the second largest denomination of Islam, after Sunni Islam.

Similar to other schools of thought in Islam, Shia Islam is based on the teachings of the Islamic holy book, the Qur'an and the message of the final prophet of Islam, Muhammad. In contrast to other schools of thought, Shia Islam holds that Muhammad's family, the Ahl al-Bayt ("the People of the House"), and certain individuals among his descendants, who are known as Imams, have special spiritual and political rule over the community.Shia Muslims further believe that Ali, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, was the first of these Imams and was the rightful successor to Muhammad and thus reject the legitimacy of the first three Rashidun caliphs. Shia Muslims, less than a third of the Muslim world, constitute the majority of the population in Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, , Lebanon, and Iraq. Countries with a significant minority of Shia are Syria, Kuwait, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen.

-Holy Cities:

Both Shia and Sunni Muslims share a certain veneration and religious obligations towards certain shrines and holy sites, such as Mecca (Masjid al-Haram), Medina (Al-Masjid al-Nabawi), and Jerusalem (Al-Aqsa Mosque). For a list of some of the holiest uniquely Shia shrines see Shia holy sites.

-The Twelve Imams:


The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad for Twelvers.

‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (600–661), also known as Amīru l-Mu'minīn "Commander of the Faithful" in Arabic and in Persian as Shāh-e Mardan "King of the People"
Ḥasan ibn ‘Alī (625–669), also known as Al-Hasan al-Mujtaba
Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī (626–680), also known as Al-Husayn ash-Shaheed
‘Alī ibn Ḥusayn (658–713), also known as Ali Zayn-ul-'Abideen
Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī (676–743), also known as Muhammad al-Bāqir
Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad (703–765), also known as Ja'far aṣ-Ṣādiq
Mūsá ibn Ja‘far (745–799), also known as Mūsá al-Kāżim
‘Alī ibn Mūsá (765–818), also known as Ali ar-Riża
Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī (810–835), also known as Muḥammad al-Jawad and Muḥammad at-Taqi
‘Alī ibn Muḥammad (827–868), also known as ‘Alī al-Ḥādī and ‘Alī an-Naqī
Ḥasan ibn ‘Alī (846–874), also known as Hasan al Askari
Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan (868–?), also known as al-Hujjat ibn al-Ḥasan, Mahdī, Imāmu l-Aṣr

-The five articles of faith in the Shi'a Roots of Religion are:

Tawhīd (Oneness)
Adl (Justice)
Nubuwwah (Prophethood)
Imāmah (Leadership)
Yawm al Qiyyamah (The Day of Resurrection)

-Twelvers have five Principles of the Religion which relates to Aqidah.

Salah (Prayer)
Sawm (Fast)
Hajj (Pilgrimage)
Zakāh (Poor-rate)
Khums (One-fifth of savings)
Jihād (Struggle)
Amr-Bil-Ma'rūf (Enjoining what is good)
Nahi-Anil-Munkar (Forbid what is evil)
Tawallá (To love the Ahl al-Bayt and their followers )
Tabarrā' (To disassociate from the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt)